Iinkonzo zeenqwelo moya ezisekwe ePanama ngaphandle kwendlela iidolophu zaseLatin America

I-Copa Airlines yayingeyiyo inqwelo moya esemthethweni yeNgqungquthela yaseMelika ebibanjwe kutsha nje ePort of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

Kodwa uninzi lwababekhona abavela kwiCaribbean, kuMbindi Merika naseMzantsi Melika babhabha ngenqwelomoya yasePanama, eyongeze iPort yaseSpain kulo nyaka uphelileyo kuluhlu lwayo olukhulayo lweemarike ezingagcinwanga.

Inkampani yabazali i-Copa Holdings, ephethe i-airline encinci yase-Colombian i-Aero Republica, ikhonza izixeko ze-45 kumazwe angama-24, kuquka neendlela eziya ngasentla njengeNew York neLos Angeles.

Njengezinye izitokhwe zenqwelomoya, iCopa yabetha ngoMvulo ngenxa yoloyiko lokuba umkhuhlane wehagu unokwenzakalisa ukuhamba ngenqwelomoya. I-Copa ibhabha isiya kwiindawo ezintathu eMexico, kumbindi wokuqhambuka.

Kodwa ngoLwesibini, izabelo zeenqwelo moya, kubandakanya neCopa, zibuyise ezinye zeelahleko zabo.

'I-Hub yaseMelika'

Ngokukhula kwesiseko se "Hub of the Americas" kwisiXeko sasePanama, iCopa Airlines ibhabha abakhweli ukuya kwidolophu ephantsi kweradar eLatin America nakwiCaribbean.

Malunga ne-70% yeemarike ezisebenzayo, ayinalo ukhuphiswano.

Ngaphandle kwePort of Spain, kutshanje iye yongeza inkonzo entsha eSanta Cruz, eBolivia; eBelo Horizonte, eBrazil; naseValencia, eVenezuela. Umthwali uphinde wanyusa amaza kwiindawo zokumisa rhoqo, kubandakanya iCaracas, iKingston kunye neHavana.

I-Copa Airlines ayidli ngokungena kwiimarike ezibonelelwa ngabathuthi abakhulu baseMzantsi Melika, njenge-Chile's Lan Airlines (NYSE: LFL – News) kunye neTam Airlines yaseBrazil. Ikhetha iindledlana ezingahanjwa kancinane, uninzi olunabakhweli abangekho ngaphezulu kwama-50 abatsibayo.

Okwangoku, i-Copa iye yaphucula imisebenzi kunye neenqwelo moya kwi-Aero Republica, eyayifumana kwi-2005. Kwakhona iye yandisa iindlela zomqhubi ngaphandle kwe-Colombia.

Ekupheleni kuka-Matshi, i-Copa yaqhubeka ibona ukukhula okunamandla kwezithuthi.

I-traffic yenkqubo kaMatshi yenyuka nge-9.3% vs. kunyaka ophelileyo, emva kokunyuka kwe-9.5% ngoFebruwari. Ngexesha eliphezulu likaJanuwari, eyona nyanga ingcono kakhulu yenkampani, i-traffic ixhume nge-15.5%.

Njengoko ishishini leenqwelomoya lizabalazela ukuhlala emoyeni, iCopa iyaqhubeka nokwenza imali eninzi.

I-Copa ineyona ndawo iphakamileyo kwishishini leenqwelomoya. Umda wayo wokusebenza ngo-2008 wawuyi-17.4%. Oko kuchasene ne-4.1% ye-Southwest, i-Jet Blue ye-2.8% kunye ne-American -2.8%.

Ngaphambi kokuqhambuka komkhuhlane wehagu, abaphathi balindele i-2009 ye-margin yokusebenza kwinqanaba eliphezulu le-16% ukuya kwi-18%.

“Aba bafana banengeniso yengeniso engaphandle kwetshati,” utshilo umhlalutyi uStephen Trent weCitigroup Investment Research. "Ukuze inkampani yeenqwelo moya ibe nengeniso enamanani aphindwe kabini iphantse ingaziwa."

Iziphumo zekota yokuqala zilindeleke ekuqaleni kukaMeyi.

Kwiziphumo zekota yesine, inzuzo ixhume i-52% vs. unyaka ongaphambili ukuya kwi-$ 1.20 isabelo. Esinye isizathu ibikukunciphisa kakhulu iindleko zepetroli xa kuthelekiswa nexesha lonyaka odlulileyo.

Abahlalutyi balindele inzuzo encinci yengeniso kwikota yokuqala ukusuka kunyaka ongaphambili, ebonisa ukuwa ngenxa yokudodobala koqoqosho kwihlabathi. Kuselithuba ukuxela ukuba ukuqhambuka komkhuhlane wehagu kuza kuzichaphazela njani iziphumo zekota yesibini.

I-Copa ifumene i-$ 3.50 isabelo kuyo yonke i-2008, equka iinyanga zexabiso le-oyile ephezulu elandelwa yi-economic meltdown ekwindla. Oko bekuphantsi kancinci kwimivuzo ka-2007.

Inkampani ayinkulu kwiiheji zamafutha, ngoko ke ixhamla ngokupheleleyo kumaxabiso e-oyile asezantsi. Ngo-2009, i-25% yokusetyenziswa kwayo kwamafutha okucwangcisiweyo kubiyelwe. I-Copa ilindele ukuba iindleko zeyunithi ezingabandakanyi amafutha zihlale zihambelana nowama-2008.

Abahlalutyi balindele imivuzo ye-Copa ka-2009 ukuba inyuke nge-15% ukuya kwi-$ 4.01 isabelo, ngokutsho kwe-Thomson Reuters.

Umhlalutyi uBob McAdoo weAvondale Partners uthi: “Ukuba banokwenza imali kula maxesha, cinga ngento abanokuyenza ngamaxesha angcono.

Amaxabiso aphantsi - kunye neeFrills

I-Copa ayisiyiyo kanye inkampani yenqwelomoya enexabiso eliphantsi okanye ephantsi. Ukusuka kwikomkhulu layo leSixeko sasePanama, lisebenza inkqubo ye-hub-and-spoke kwaye linikezela ngeklasi yokuqala kunye nenkonzo yeshishini. Kumqeqeshi, isabonelela ngeefrills ezingasekhoyo kwiinqwelomoya ezininzi, ukutya okushushu yenye yazo.

Inkonzo ngamanye amaxesha ithelekiswa naleyo ye-Continental Airlines, eyayikade inesabelo kwi-Copa kwaye iseliqabane le-OnePass.

Malunga ne-60% yabakhweli beCopa bahambela ishishini; baqhuba iziphumo ezilungileyo zeCopa, utshilo uTrent.

Ngokungafaniyo ne-US, ukuhamba ngeshishini eLatin America kwenza ngcono kunokuzonwabisa. Ngokunxulumene namanqanaba engeniso, amatikiti eenqwelomoya abiza kakhulu kubakhweli baseLatin America kunase-US, i-Trent ye-Citigroup ithi.

“Itikiti lenqwelomoya e-US asiyonto yamatikiti amakhulu. KuseLatin America, ”utshilo.

Kwingxelo yamva nje, uTrent uqikelele ukuba abathwali beshishini baseMelika baseLatin America babenokukhula kokukhula kwekota yokuqala yonyaka ngokumalunga nengeniso ngemayile yomkhweli. ICopa igqwesile kuluhlu ngokukhula nge-11.6%, ilandelwa nguLan nge-8.9% kunye noTam nge-7.3%.

Nangona imimandla esetyenziswa yiCopa ingakhuselekanga kukudodobala koqoqosho lwehlabathi, ingcono kunabaninzi.

Uqoqosho lwasePanama kuqikelelwa ukuba luza kukhula nge-4% ukuya kwi-6% kulo nyaka, lukhuthazwe ngokuyinxenye yiprojekthi yokwandisa iPanama Canal yeebhiliyoni ezi-5 zeerandi.

Eminye imimandla embalwa kwindlela yeCopa nayo ikhula ngesantya esifanayo.

Sekunjalo, i-Copa ilindele ukuba izinto zomthwalo kulo nyaka zehle ngamanqaku ambalwa ngaphantsi kwenqanaba lika-2008 ukuya kuma-74%. Ingeniso ngekhilomitha yesihlalo esifumanekayo ibonwa isihla ngokunjalo ngaphandle kwentlawulo yamafutha eyongezelelweyo yonyaka ophelileyo nangenxa yokucotha kokukhula kwezithuthi okunxulumene nemo yezoqoqosho.

Abaphathi bathi iCopa ikwisikhundla esingcono kuneembangi ukuze iphume kwintlekele.

Le nkampani igqibe unyaka ngemali eyi-408 yezigidi zeerandi kunye notyalo-mali kunye ne-31 yezigidi zeedola kwimigca yetyala. Ngenqanawa ebhetyebhetye equka ii-Boeing 737s kunye nee-Embraer 190s ezincinci, zinokuhlengahlengisa ukuwohloka kwemfuno yabakhweli. Ukuba kuyimfuneko, ibuyisela iinqwelomoya eziqeshiweyo ukuba ziphelelwe lixesha, njengoko igqibe ukwenza ngee-737 ezimbini eziqeshiso zazo ziphelelwa ngo-Okthobha.

Nangona isanda kuthatha iinqwelomoya ezimbalwa ezitsha, iCopa ilindele ukuphelisa unyaka ngenqwelomoya enye encinci kune-2008, kwi-54 iyonke.